diff --git a/fs/proc/stat.c b/fs/proc/stat.c
index 1cffa2b..9758b65 100644
--- a/fs/proc/stat.c
+++ b/fs/proc/stat.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@
 	struct seq_file *m;
 	int res;
 
-	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size, currently 128 KB */
-	if (size > 128 * 1024)
-		size = 128 * 1024;
+	/* don't ask for more than the kmalloc() max size */
+	if (size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		size = KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE;
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;